I am still writing Finishthestory and We-write and other offerings @bananafish and @freewritehouse. This is my community now. And we miss you.
As for skepticism- its healthy only if its heavy. People who actually evaluate the statements they see or read before accepting them are the ones who reach the truth or at least as close as possible. I am fine with you even though I like to think I am not corrupted- yet. But yes the barrage of opinions and proddings is numerous and continuous. I just heard this example of why it is that we need to keep at it.
If I go out in the heavy rain and happen to fall in a ditch (pothole more likely). What will I do? I know the it is raining and I know there is muck all around. I will still get up and go home and wash. This will happen every time I fall. Same with being cheated by false news.
I am flattered that you remember me. I was not a very consistent participant of finish the story contests. I put my nose in it to try expressing in English but I will not reach my native tongues quality. Also, I miss the real drive for fiction. If it doesn't truly get me, than I stopp.
Oh, that's quite an insight:
How do you mean this?:
For looking at ones own corruptibility: you can see that in retrospective. I catch myself sometimes to have fallen for it when I look at past comments and exchanges and I ask myself deeply: Why have I done this, why have I said this? It was often enough without consciously realizing that I was either opportunistic or inwardly aggressive. That's a trap almost everyone falls into. Exceptions we only find in the Saints.
Your analogy is to my taste. Yes, we wash ourselves and should forgive the mistakes. Self guilt is probably one of the biggest social problems we have.
So good talking to a decent person. :D LOL
@erh.germany don't worry about the language come and write it is wonderful thing to create something new. About the Skepticism- I mean that if it is a deliberate approach then it is very useful.
Many times people become skeptics towards a thing due to popular opinion or bias. I will give you my own example; although I have read and heard lectures that being Vegan is a very healthy and Eco-freindly lifestyle I still find it difficult to digest. This bad opinion about going vegan is not because I have found vegans to be lying or that the doctors have twisted facts but personal taste- I am just biased towards schnitzel.
... Oh ... HaHa! Quite a term "biased towards Schnitzel".
And also I smile about that you find it difficult to "digest" the Vegan lifestyle.
Joke aside, I understand that you eat meat, right?
I would also say that I am biased towards Salami. I feel bad about it, actually. I changed so many things during my existence ... but eating meat I still do. Then I am telling myself: You won't change radically. It's a process that takes time. I set my priorities. Like I stopped traveling by plane since 8 years now. Don't have a car. Lowered Energy- and water-consumption. Sometimes I think that I live already in a future where those things will be rationalized. I feel that it's not a sacrifice. Actually it's a nice challenge and I keep thinking that scarcity is something that does me good. I can enjoy luxuries much more and more intense than ever. I feel sometimes sorry for people who suffer within consumption. They are "fed up" so to speak. Taking a shower is a luxury. I wonder how civilization got that far. It truly gives me wonders. That is an experience I never would have believed you I would perceive twenty years ago.
This is such a wonderful piece you have written. Make it a post on your account.
:) don't know. I sometimes thought doing that but then ... let's see.
Thank you.